F minor

American  

[ef mahy-ner] / ˈɛf ˈmaɪ nər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has F as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having four flats.

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F minor

Andrew Clements, a music critic for the London Guardian, described the rendition on that album of Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor as “one of the greatest piano-duet recordings of all time.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

And Yefim Bronfman joined the Dover String Quartet in the dramatic first movement of Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2019

The four piano chords that anchor the verses, and which are the only accompaniment for the opening minute, move from F minor to C sharp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2015

It was originally in F minor, and it never comes down to the one chord, the F minor chord is never stated.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013

The six Sonatas are in the keys of B minor, A major, E major, C minor, F minor, and G major.274 2.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus